INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20170160881A1
• Filed: 05/27/2015
• Published: 06/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KANEMOTO, KATSUYOSHI
• Granted Patent: US 10,324,588 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 7/01 Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program with which convenience of a user in utilization of an application program can be improved.

An information acquisition unit acquires first information indicating a current situation including a current date and time and a current position of a user. A selection unit selects a presented application, which is an application program presented to a user, on the basis of a use history, a profile of the user, and the first information, the use history being a use history of an application program of a user and including second information indicating a situation in activation which situation includes a date and time and a position of the user in activation of each application program. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a device or a program that controls a display on a lock screen or a launcher screen.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

an information acquisition unit that acquires first information indicating a current situation including a current date and time and a current position of a user; and

a selection unit that selects a presented application, which is an application program presented to the user, on the basis of a use history, a profile of the user, and the first information, the use history being a use history of an application program of the user and including second information indicating a situation in activation which situation includes a date and time and a position of the user in activation of each application program.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects the presented application on the basis of a use history of a different user.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the different user is a user similar to the user.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein the similar user is a user retaining a similar application program with the user.

5. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the selection unit selects the presented application by using models that predict an activation probability of each application program and that are a first model generated on the basis of the use history of the user and a second model generated on the basis of the use history of the different user.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects the presented application from an application program, which is selected by utilization of a model of predicting an activation probability of each application program, and an application program similar to the selected application program.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the similar application program is an application program a distribution of a retaining user of which program is similar to that of the selected application program.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a display control unit that controls a display of an icon indicating the presented application on a predetermined screen,

wherein the selection unit sets order of priority of the presented application, and

when predetermined operation is performed on the screen, the display control unit displays a plurality of icons on the screen according to the order of priority and displays an icon of a presented application with high priority near a position where the operation is performed.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a display control unit that controls a display of an icon indicating the presented application on a predetermined screen,

wherein the selection unit sets order of priority of the presented application, and

the display control unit arranges and displays a plurality of icons on the screen according to the order of priority, and increases a distance between an icon of a presented application with high priority and an adjoining icon.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a display control unit that controls a display of an icon indicating the presented application on a predetermined screen,

wherein the selection unit sets order of priority of the presented application, and

the display control unit switches the icon displayed on the screen in accordance with the order of priority in response to a moving distance of a position specified by the user on the screen, and adjusts the moving distance necessary for switching the icon displayed on the screen according to the order of priority.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a display control unit that controls a display of an icon indicating the presented application on a predetermined screen,

wherein the selection unit sets order of priority of the presented application, and

the display control unit arranges and displays a plurality of icons on the screen according to the order of priority, switches the icon displayed on the screen according to the order of priority in a case where a position specified by the user on the screen moves in a predetermined first direction, and switches the icon displayed on the screen according to opposite order of priority in a case where the specified position moves in a second direction different from the first direction.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a display control unit that distinctively displays, on the screen, an icon indicating a presented application retained by the user and an icon indicating a presented application that is not retained by the user.

13. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display control unit that controls a display of an icon indicating the presented application on a lock screen on which user operation is limited; and

an execution control unit that releases the limitation in the user operation when the icon is selected and that brings the presented application corresponding to the selected icon into a usable state.

14. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the situation in the activation includes a state of the user in activation of an application program, and

the current situation includes a current state of the user.

15. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a learning unit that generates a model of predicting an activation probability of each application program,

wherein the selection unit selects the presented application by using the model.

16. The information processing device according to claim 15, wherein the learning unit generates, by using a predetermined periodic function, at least one of a first model of predicting an activation probability of each application program at a specified date and time and a second model of setting a plurality of representative points and predicting an activation probability of each application program at a specified position on the basis of the activation probability of each application at each of the representative points.

17. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a communication unit that transmits information indicating a selection result of the presented application to a different information processing device.

18. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising an execution control unit that brings the presented application into a usable state regardless of user operation.

19. An information processing method comprising:

an information acquisition step of acquiring first information indicating a current situation including a current date and time and a current position of a user; and

a selection step of selecting a presented application, which is an application program presented to the user, on the basis of a use history, a profile of the user, and the first information, the use history being a use history of an application program of the user and including second information indicating a situation in activation which situation includes a date and time and a position of the user in activation of each application program.

20. A program that causes a computer to execute processing including

an information acquisition step of acquiring first information indicating a current situation including a current date and time and a current position of a user, and

a selection step of selecting a presented application, which is an application program presented to the user, on the basis of a use history, a profile of the user, and the first information, the use history being a use history of an application program of the user and including second information indicating a situation in activation which situation includes a date and time and a position of the user in activation of each application program.